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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
well to get oil worked up over sides of the glass, add lots of ice lumps,
and
fill
up with a bottle of chilled coca cola. Stir up once, and
salud
y
pesetas!
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THE BAKER
CUBA REFOR!y1E,
an ORIGINATION with the Au–
THOR, which WE HAVE TRANSMITTED WARILY to OuR FRIENDVESEY
RAINWATER, WHo AMOUNTS to THINGS in CocA CoLA,
&
which WAs
PRONOUNCED Goon
While not an exotic from Singapore, any drink originated after a
Miami-Nassau Ocean Yacht Race that ended up with all sails blown
out in a gale and lying stormbound for a week back of Cat Cay, is
possessed of its own spurs in any company, we believe.
Fill
a big goblet with very finely cracked ice, turn in
2
jiggers of
good imported sloe gin, add the juice and spiral peel of r green lime–
then stir vigorously to work the rind oil about, and fill with all the
coca cola the glass will hold. A mild and delicious cooler, but is sweet
enough that it
must be
very
cold indeed
to be good.
THE CUERNAVACA SPECIAL, from the FILES of ONE MANUEL
who PRESIDES behind MAHOGANY at the HoTEL de la SILVA CASINO BAR
As we have indicated, Cuernavaca is Mexico City's summer resort
for people who matter, a habit begun by Cortez himself after the con–
quest; and here small modern palaces rub elbows with 16th Century
affairs built by the great Conquistador. Hotel de la Silva, until Presi–
dent Cardenas took the reins, was an unbelievable Mexican Monte
Carlo-an incredible place of
moderne
cello.P.hane drapes, exotic
m~rals-not
by Diego Rivera, praise be!-a vast pool of limpid moun–
tam water outside for swimming, and roulette wheels, and every
known device for acquisition of cash, inside. Manuel talks of the good
old
da~s
now, but he has a twinkle in his eye, and
originate~
this bit
1
of gemus as he expressed
it-por las senoras.
It is a nicer dnnk than
the old favourite Pink Lady. Test it out next time.
Take
I
jigger each of cognac and dry French vermouth and put in
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